Data: Retail industry slashes 225,000 jobs over five years

The retail industry has cut 225,000 jobs over five years, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
On a four-quarter average, there were 40,000 fewer jobs than last year, and 225,000 fewer than five years ago, the government department found.
BRC CEO Helen Dickinson explained: “Despite a further fall in the number of retail jobs, the industry remains the largest private sector employer providing approximately 2.9m jobs in the UK, with another 2.7m in t